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Looking for resources: supporting youth aging out of community programs
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Looking for resources: supporting youth aging out of community programs
Hi folks!
I’m trying to prepare for this fall when i’ll have a youth participant age-out of a community space I facilitate for the first time. I’ve been looking for resources or any best practices on how to navigate this but everything i’m finding seems to either address social factors that enhance youth wellbeing as they navigate new life-stages in general, or speak specifically to youth who are aging out of foster or housing care.Any resources you know of or insights from experiences navigating this sort of thing are appreciated!
cheers, Erin (they/them)
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Our team just developed a resource specific to youth transitioning from pediatric mental health care to adult services and supports: Four Considerations to Support Youth Transitioning to Adult Mental Health Care
We hope this Factsheet will be useful to anyone supporting transitional-aged youth! ❤
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Hi Erin! You’re right; so many of the resources that we’ve curated on the Knowledge Hub are specific to youth navigating transitions or youth aging out of care.
I know that others on this platform, including my colleague @katarina, may have ideas for sources or resources that speak to your search topic, but I can share one here: “They Always Come, and Never Say Goodbye:” Healthy Closure in Mentoring. Although this conversation was from a webinar series specific to mentoring, some of the considerations may apply. In addition to a recording of the webinar, there is also a resource packet. The Ontario Mentoring Coalition has an online toolkit on effective mentoring for youth facing barriers, and this includes resources on closure, too.
I hope this is a helpful start, and that others will share, too. 🙂
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So glad that you found the resources helpful, Erin!
I was not able to find much else, although I did discover that a resource by MENTOR, Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, seems to be the source of the Ontario Mentoring Coalition benchmarks (see Standard 6: Closure on p. 70), and might provide some additional context. 😊
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Thanks Katarina! I’ll take a look at that section =)
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This is great! I’ll be sure to take a look at this resource, Kathe. Just glancing at the Ontario Mentoring Coalition link seems more along the lines of what I’ve been looking for.
Thanks so much =)-
Oh, great! 😄
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